Looking for a Metroid Prime walkthrough for 100% completion of items and scans? Below you will find the answers to where everything is hidden in the original MP for GameCube. This guide will also work with the Wii version included in Metroid Prime Trilogy.
This guide uses the normal route through the game without taking any shortcuts and you will find the location of every weapon, power-up and hidden item in the game as well as how to solve every puzzle, find every Chozo Artifact, and where every Scan is located so you can get a 100% scan completion rank. This walkthrough was completed while playing on Hard Mode. But it will work on any difficulty.
Metroid Prime Walkthrough Part 1
Just on the beginning part of Frigate Orpheon, battling the Parasite Queen, and then starting to escape from the Frigate.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 2 – A New World
Going through Tallon Overworld and the Chozo Ruins and about to fight the Hive Mecha.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 3 – Mini Boss Battle Hive Mecha and Plated Beetle
Me beating the Hive Mecha (beware, in earlier versions, its scan is in the water) and getting the Missile Launcher, an Energy Tank, and beating the Plated Beetle for the Morph Ball.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 4 – Mini Boss Battle Incinerator Drone
I go through more of the Chozo Ruins to get the Charge Beam, and then go to fight the Incinerator Drone to get the Morph Ball Bombs.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 5 – A lot of Expansions
Pretty much time to get a bunch of pickups now.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 6 – The First Artifact
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 7 – Boss Battle Flaahgra
Me fighting the boss of Chozo Ruins, the one behind the acidic water, Flaahgra. I get the Varia Suit after beating that plant and then go onto the Magmoor Caverns.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 8 – Fire and Ice
Now going through more of the Magmoor Caverns to get to Phendrana Drifts and the Boost Ball.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 9 – Boost Ball
Just getting the Boost Ball and going back to Tallon Overworld.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 10 – Space Jump Boots
I go get the Space Jump Boots in this segment.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 11 – Boss Battle Sheegoth 1/2
I start the battle with the Sheegoth to get the Wave Beam.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 12 – Boss Battle Sheegoth 2/2
I beat the Sheegoth and get the Wave Beam. Now on my way to the Space Pirate labs, where I get owned by lousy Flickerbats.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 13 – Space Pirate Labs (Part 1)
I enter the Space Pirate labs in Phendrana and am going for the Super Missile.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 14 – Space Pirate Labs (Part 2)
I just make my way to the Observatory. Also scan a lot of Pirate Data, and am able to complete 50% of the Logbook so far.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 15 – Super Missile
I take a look at the Solar System and then go get the Super Missiles. Now I venture deeper into the labs to go get the Thermal Visor.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 16 – Thermal Visor
I get the Thermal Visor and go on to escape the powered-down labs.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 17 – Out of the Labs
I get out of the labs and save right before fighting Thardus.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 18 – Boss Battle Thardus
I fight the rock boss, Thardus, and obtain the Spider Ball.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 19 – More of Magmoor
Just getting an Energy Tank and going to get more expansions.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 20 – Another couple of Expansions
A pretty short segment where I get two missile expansions.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 21 – The Chozo Ghosts
I go to the Sunchamber of the Chozo Ruins and fight three Chozo Ghosts to retrieve the Artifact of Wild.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 22 – Wavebuster
I get a bunch of Missile Expansions, go get the Wavebuster, and end this part with a brutal battle with a Plated Beetle…
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 23 – Deeper Within the Ruins
I get a few more missile expansions and then venture deeper into the Chozo Ruins to get the Ice Beam.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 24 – Ice Beam
I get the Ice Beam, a couple of missile expansions, and then go on to get the Gravity Suit.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 25 – Gravity Suit
I go to the Phendrana’s Edge area to get the Gravity Suit.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 26 – New Areas Underwater
After getting the Gravity Suit, I’m able to get an Artifact and a Missile Expansion in the Chozo Ruins.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 27 – The Crashed Frigate
I go on a long trek through the underwater Pirate Frigate which crashed onto Tallon Overworld.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 28 – The Phazon Mines
I go through the rest of the crash site and go on to the Phazon Mines.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 29 – Deeper Into Mines
I go through more of the Phazon Mines.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 30 – Elite Pirate
Still more Phazon Mines time. I fight an Elite Pirate here.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 31 – Power Bombs
I finally get the Power Bombs in the Phazon Mines.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 32 – Search for the Ammo
I’m going to get the Grapple Beam now, but then I found out I need Power Bomb ammo -_-
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 33 – Grapple Beam
Most of this segment is boring, as I’m looking for Power Bomb ammo. I finally get one and go get the Grapple Beam. And now time to get another Power Bomb ammo to fight the Phazon Elite…
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 34 – X-Ray Visor
In the beginning, I look for more Power Bomb ammo. I then use it to fight the Phazon Elite and get the Artifact of Warrior. Then I go to the Life Grove in Tallon Overworld to get the X-Ray Visor.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 35 – More Expansion Collecting
Getting a bunch of expansions now.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 36 – The Training Chamber
I go for some training in the Chozo Ruins, and get a bunch of expansions there and in Tallon Overworld as well. Oh, and I’m about to get the Ice Spreader in Magmoor Caverns as well.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 37 – Ice Spreader
I get the Ice Spreader, a few extra items, and am about to get the Plasma Beam.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 38 – Plasma Beam
A very short part of me getting the Plasma Beam, then going back to Tallon Overworld to get a Missile expansion and then saving. I have 195 Missiles at the moment, and now it’s time to go back to the Phazon Mines.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 39 – Last of the Chozo Ruins
I go to Chozo Ruins to get the last item pickup there (already did so in Tallon Overworld and Magmoor Caverns), which is a Chozo Artifact. Then I go on to Phazon Mines to try to get the Flamethrower. I get a Missile expansion in the Mines as well.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 40 – Flamethrower
I get the Flamethrower and go in deeper into the Phazon Mines.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 41 – The Lower Levels
Pretty much close to the end of the game now. I go into the third level of the Phazon Mines, and get a couple of Missile expansions there.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 42 – Boss Battle Omega Pirate 1/2
I go through more of the third level, completing the Pirate Data portion of the logbook on the way (all that is left to complete is the Creatures section), and then start to fight the Omega Pirate. I also have some tips on how to him in the annotations.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 43 – Boss Battle Omega Pirate Part 2/2
I beat the Omega Pirate and get the Phazon Suit and Beam. Now is the end of the game, time to get the last few expansions.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 44 – Last of the Mines
I get the last thing needed in the Phazon Mines and leave that area for good with bad timing…
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 45 – Back to the Phendrana’s Edge
Me going to the last area, Phendrana Drifts, to get all the expansions and stuff.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 46 – Back in the Phendrana Labs
I go get another Missile expansion, and then go back to the Space Pirate Labs to get the Artifact there.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 47 – Almost Done with the Expansions
I get another Artifact and Power Bomb Expansion, and head to the Chozo Ice Temple. Just one Artifact and two Missile expansions left until 100%.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 48 – The Final Expansions
I get the last three expansions needed in the game, and head back to the Lading Site to save.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 49 – Boss Battle Meta Ridley 1/2
First I show how every part of the Logbook except for the creatures section is completed. Missing entries in order are: Lumigek, Fission Metroid, Meta Ridley, Metroid Prime (Form Two), and Metroid Prime (Form One). Then I start the battle with Meta Ridley.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 50 – Boss Battle Meta Ridley 2/2
I finish up the battle with Meta Ridley and then enter the Impact Core to go fight the final boss.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 51 – Final Boss Battle Metroid Prime 1/3
I go around the Impact Crater and then start the battle with Metroid Prime.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 52 – Final Boss Battle Metroid Prime 2/3
I continue and end the battle against Metroid Prime’s First Form.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 53 – Final Boss Battle Metroid Prime (3/3)
I battle the second, essence form of Metroid Prime, and beat it, and finish filling up the logbook.
Metroid Prime 100% Walkthrough Part 54 – Ending + Credits
The ending scenes and the credits are shown, and the end of the walkthrough. I got a better time (around 4 and a half half hours) in this type of run before, but I goofed off at times and re-scanned too many things here.
Thanks to ShadowMario3 for the walkthrough videos.